Mizuno Opens New Operation in South Korea
Mizuno Corporation's newly established subsidiary, Mizuno Korea Ltd., will acquire and take over the operations of its South Korean distributor effective July 1, Mizuno's board of directors decided June 28…
Wealth Effect Likely Helped Sustain Consumer Confidence in June
Consumer confidence continued to hover near five- to six-year highs in the United States in June, depending on which of the country’s two leading consumer surveys you trust most…
Fleet Feet Introduces FITlanthropy Grants
Fleet Feet, Inc. awarded grants on behalf of six of its large vendors to six of its franchised stores at its annual National Franchise Conference, where the specialty running chain also honored store associates…
Global Licensing Trade Group Names New Directors
The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA), the primary trade organization for the worldwide licensing industry, appointed five new directors…
Patagonia Expands Common Threads Worn Wear Program to Seven U.S. Cities
Patagonia, Inc. announced the expansion of its Worn Wear used clothing program in eight stores. Based on the success of the pilot program at the company's Portland store, with 884 items sold and 612 items traded in…
Timberland Appoints President, EMEA
Timberland promoted Timo Schmidt-Eisenhart to the position of president, EMEA following the retirement of Richard O'Rourke as senior vice president of international…
DSW Becomes Sole Supplier for Loehmann’s
The Affiliated Business Group (ABG), a division of DSW Inc., and Loehmann's announced a joint agreement this morning for ABG to operate as the sole supplier for Loehmann's footwear departments in its U.S. locations and e-commerce site loehmanns.
RECALL: 175 Tern Folding Bikes
Stiles Products is recalling approximately 175 of its Tern folding bicycles because the bike’s frame can crack at the hinge on the top tube, posing a fall hazard…
Report: Under Armour to Sponsor St. John’s
Under Armour Inc. has agreed to a six-year contract with St. John's University, the New York Post reported. Nike currently sponsors the college…
Unequal Technologies Names First Retail Dealer
Unequal Technologies has begun selling its customized, concealed sports protection through its first retail dealer. Schuylkill Valley Sports (SV Sports) will begin carrying Unequal's Head Protection Zone, a suite of supplemental head padding for athl
Ahnu’s Trevor Thomas Completes Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Ahnu, a division of Deckers Outdoor Corp., congratulated its blind ultra-thru hiker, Trevor Thomas, who on Saturday successfully completed the 530-mile Mountains-to-Sea Trail in North Carolina – in just 78 days…
2XU Renews Deal with Lightweight Boxer Jose Ramírez
2XU, the maker of compression apparel, has re-signed 11-time National Boxing Champion, London 2012 Olympian and all-time USA Boxing lightweight record holder, Jose ‘The Future’ Ramírez…
Saucony’s Duane Solomon Crowned 800M Champion
Saucony announced that Olympian and Saucony athlete Duane Solomon ran a world-leading time of 1:43.27 to win the 800-meter final at the USA Outdoor National Track & Field Championships this past Sunday in Des Moines, Iowa…
Hi-Tec Sports Launches Online Training Platform for Retail Partners
Hi-Tec Sports launched an online training platform to support staff training and provide exclusive incentives to its retail partners. The new platform, HTM360.com, has been custom designed to support the Hi-Tec brand and its sister brand, Magnum…
Vibram Promotes PJ Antonik to Marketing Manager
Vibram named PJ Antonik as marketing manager…
